This young officer could not have known how moved I was by his gesture. It is likely that he didn't know that Sebastien was autistic or knew much about autism. Certainly, he would not have known that Sebastien did not sleep much the night before. It was the last night of our holiday together, which meant confronting the prospect that we wouldn’t see each other in person again for another six months. But something in Sebastien's “AAAHHH” got his attention, and he prioritised